xi.) Putnam even seems to think that “objects do not exist independently of conceptual schemes”, and the human minds or perceivers “cut up the world into objects when we introduce one or another scheme of description.” (Putnam p. 52) If the objects and the signs referring to them are equally mental or internal in Putnam’s sense than
Introduction “Global village” is no longer alien to people in the 21st century – a place where all cultures come together and cultural boundaries seem to be blurred. Besides opening new opportunities for people in over the world to learn about foreign cultures, global village probably presents such challenges as cultural conflicts, cultural diverging or assimilation. Thus, learning how to become a competent intercultural communicator in this century has never been more urgent than ever before. Therefore
any system of government begin with the examination of the philosophy underlying a system. This paper therefore examines the philosophical consideration, political beliefs and values which constitute the theory or principles of Local government. An analysis of the principles or theories of Local government is important because it gives an insight with what the system is all about, and this helps in throwing more light for better understanding of the subject matter itself. Generally speaking, theory
CHAPTER - I INTRODUCTION “History has come to a stage when the moral man, the complete man, is more and more giving way, almost without knowing it, to make room for the commercial man, the man of limited purpose. This process aided by the wonderful progress in science, is assuming gigantic proportion and power causing the upset of man’s moral balance, obscuring his human side under the shadow of soul-less organization.”- Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, 1917. Aristotle felt that the purpose of